Keep On
Studio album by
Will Young
Released21 November 2005
GenrePop
Length53:07
Label
Producer
Will Young chronology
Friday's Child
(2003)		 Keep On
(2005)		 Let It Go
(2008)
Singles from Keep On
  1. "Switch It On"
    Released: 14 November 2005
  2. "All Time Love"
    Released: 16 January 2006
  3. "Who Am I"
    Released: 24 April 2006

Keep On is the third studio album by English singer Will Young. It was released on 21 November 2005, debuting at number 2 on the albums chart in the United Kingdom, as the album sold 107,318 copies in its first week. However, its biggest sales were 132,109, in its fifth week when the album placed at number 13. This is also his first album not to go number 1. It is, however, his second best-selling album, with sales of 1,010,000.[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Guardian[3]

Allmusic editor Sharon Mawer found that "there was a mixture of styles on Keep On, from the salsa, holiday-inspired "Happiness" to the Justin Timberlake pastiche of "Ain't Such a Bad Place to Be," on which even the Indian-style intro worked well, to the ballads "Save Yourself," "Who Am I," and the final song, "Home," a haunting atmospheric track co-written by Nitin Sawhney. Keep On ran out of steam near the end with three tracks, all again co-written by Young but nothing more than album fillers, none of them having much of a melody [...] Altogether an excellent pop album from an artist who was maturing very nicely as the years went by."[2]

Track listing

Standard version
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Keep On"
Lipson4:44
2."Switch It On"
Lipson3:47
3."All Time Love"Jamie HartmanLipson3:54
4."Ain't Such a Bad Place to Be"
  • Lipson
  • MacKichan
3:21
5."Think It Over"
  • Young
  • Johnny Douglas
  • Poole
  • Lipson
  • Douglas
4:38
6."Who Am I"
Lipson4:27
7."Happiness"Shawn LeeLipson5:16
8."Save Yourself"White
3:21
9."Madness"
  • Lipson
  • Thicke
  • Pro J
4:27
10."All I Want"
  • Young
  • Dan Carey
  • Lipson
  • Carey
3:53
11."Think About It"
  • Young
  • Lipson
  • White
Lipson4:50
12."Home"
  • Lipson
  • Sawhney
6:22
DualDisc version — DVD
No.TitleLength
1."Entire album in Enhanced Stereo" 
2."Exclusive documentary featuring special performances of "All Time Love" and "Happiness"" 
3."Featuring the sketches of: "The French Assassin", "Bollywood Elvis", "Bowler Hat" and "Zeppelin Pump"" 
4."Making of the video "Switch It On"" 
5."Interview with Will" 
6."Switch It On" (video) 
International version
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Keep On"
  • Young
  • Lipson
  • Moraes
  • White
Lipson4:44
2."Leave Right Now"WhiteLipson3:34
3."Your Game"
  • Young
  • MacKichan
  • Cruz
Lipson, MacKichan4:10
4."All Time Love"HartmanLipson3:54
5."Switch It On"
  • Young
  • Lipson
  • Peterson
  • Poole
  • Wolf
Lipson3:47
6."Ain't Such a Bad Place to Be"
  • MacKichan
  • Poole
  • Lipson
  • MacKichan
3:21
7."Think It Over"
  • Young
  • Douglas
  • Poole
  • Lipson
  • Douglas
4:38
8."Who Am I"
  • White
  • Silvas
Lipson4:27
9."Happiness"LeeLipson5:16
10."Save Yourself"White
3:21
11."Madness"
  • Young
  • Gass
  • Hurley
  • Thicke
  • Lipson
  • Thicke
  • Pro J
4:27
12."All I Want"
  • Young
  • Carey
  • Lipson
  • Carey
3:53
13."Home"
  • Young
  • Poole
  • Sawhney
  • Lipson
  • Sawhney
6:22
  • ^[a] signifies an additional producer

Charts

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[10] 3× Platinum 1,006,154[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Jones, Alan (25 May 2015). "Official Charts Analysis: Will Young's 85% Proof is 100% No.1 on sales of 21,321". Music Week. Intent Media. Retrieved 2 June 2015. (subscription required)
  2. 1 2 Mawer, Sharon. Keep On at AllMusic. Retrieved 2010-03-29.
  3. ↑ Petridis, Alexis (18 November 2005). "Will Young, Keep On". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  4. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Will Young – Keep On" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  5. ↑ "Irish-charts.com – Discography Will Young". Hung Medien.
  6. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  7. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  8. ↑ "2005 UK Year-End Chart" (PDF). UKChartsPlus. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  9. ↑ "End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  10. ↑ "British album certifications – Will Young – From Now On". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
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